ArmInfo. On April 22, the court of general jurisdiction of Yerevan, chaired by Judge Marina Melkonyan, once again rejected the petition of the defense of General Manvel Grigoryan for his release on bail of 10 million drams. The lawyer of Grigorian Arsen Mkrtchyan told this to journalists.
To note, 10 months passed from the decision of the court on the arrest of Manvel Grigoryan. The former MP was arrested in 2018 on June 19 by the decision of the same judge, Marina Melkonyan.
Manvel Grigoryan is accused of illegal possession of weapons and ammunition by prior agreement with his wife Nazik Amirian, son Arman Grigoryan and other persons not identified by the investigation for appropriating property allocated for the needs of servicemen and volunteers protecting the borders of the Artsakh Republic in the April four-day war and subsequent days , tax evasion, embezzlement of public funds and the organization of theft of property with extortion. The investigation of the selected part of the criminal case against Manvel Grigoryan and his wife Nazik Amirian was completed, the case was sent to court, and Grigoryan's son Arman Grigoryan was wanted.